Nostr notes by Karl Bode

the "other reasons" Musk deems "irrelevant" ...

2026-10-30T14:06:16Z

the "other reasons" Musk deems "irrelevant" include silly little stuff like requiring his companies adhere to the law
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CEO said a thing! ...

2026-10-19T16:33:44Z

CEO said a thing!
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Musk's "flying car," in case there's any doubt, ...

2026-10-16T14:51:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…2ad7
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Musk's "flying car," in case there's any doubt, will never actually see any sort of meaningful commercial launch and exists entirely as stock-fluffing propaganda aimed at the U.S. tech media's unlimited supply of credulous dopes

CEO said a thing! RE: ...

2026-10-16T14:05:34Z

CEO said a thing!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sqbswn3lalcc2dlh2k7zdpuw/post/3mxxhl34o5j2t

I wrote about the feeble attempt by prominent tech punditry ...

2026-10-13T21:14:08Z

I wrote about the feeble attempt by prominent tech punditry mainstays like John Gruber and Casey Newton to rationalize their continued use of Elon Musk's propaganda website.

[Casey Newton And John Gruber S...](https://karlbode.com/casey-newton-and-john-gruber-slink-back-to-elon-musks-right-wing-propaganda-machine/ )

extremely outspoken edgelord FCC boss Brendan Carr suddenly has ...

2026-10-09T18:06:44Z

extremely outspoken edgelord FCC boss Brendan Carr suddenly has nothing say

[FCC Chairman Declines To Say I...](https://deadline.com/2026/10/fcc-live-execution-pentagon-pete-hegseth-1237150944/ )

over at the newsletter I wrote about the useful bogeyman that is ...

2026-10-06T17:48:28Z

over at the newsletter I wrote about the useful bogeyman that is "polarization":

[The Problem Is Right Wing Extr...](https://karlbode.com/the-problem-is-right-wing-extremism-not-polarization/ )

totally normal to use $20 million in taxpayer dollars to air ...

2026-10-01T14:37:34Z

totally normal to use $20 million in taxpayer dollars to air black and white Trump midterm propaganda on all the major broadcast networks

definitely no red flags

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This week's announcement of an "AI accord" was lazy ...

2026-10-01T14:16:50Z

This week's announcement of an "AI accord" was lazy extraction class performance art, designed to pretend corporate oversight still exists in a country increasingly too corrupt to function

[Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ New ...](https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/01/trumps-morally-binding-new-ai-guardrails-are-meaningless-pudding/ )

Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw ...

2026-09-29T19:29:41Z

Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him

[Meta's Latest AI Product Is A ...](https://karlbode.com/metas-latest-ai-product-is-a-terrifying-and-hilarious-mess/ )

this is, so we're clear, the kind of stuff unrealistic AI ...

2026-09-25T15:40:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…n2jd
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this is, so we're clear, the kind of stuff unrealistic AI doomsday scenarios are intended to overshadow in the press

half-cooked automation layered onto already very broken systems in a country too corrupt to have working regulators

[UnitedHealth uses AI model wit...](https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/ )

and by "using AI to improve government efficiency and reduce ...

2026-09-25T15:39:34Z

and by "using AI to improve government efficiency and reduce fraud and waste" we mean just a giant, lumbering piece of shit built by weird and incompetent zealots

[Trump admin using AI to deny m...](https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/09/trump-admin-using-ai-to-deny-medical-care-for-seniors-in-disastrous-experiment/ )

tucker carlson is a foppish frozen TV dinner empire heir, a ...

2026-09-25T15:08:54Z

tucker carlson is a foppish frozen TV dinner empire heir, a virulent bigot, and a grotesque opportunist/propagandist.

it's embarrassing that NPR editors think he needs more attention for his phony-ass pivot away from a nightmare he helped build
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I wrote about the press' irresponsible AI doomsday coverage: ...

2026-09-24T13:51:18Z

I wrote about the press' irresponsible AI doomsday coverage:

[Lazy Journalism At The 'End Of...](https://karlbode.com/lazy-journalism-at-the-end-of-the-world/ )

she was probably already planning to leave anyway but cool [Kara ...

2026-09-23T18:36:36Z

she was probably already planning to leave anyway but cool

[Kara Swisher Says She’s Leavin...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/kara-swisher-leaving-cnn-paramount-warner-bros-ellison-1236707906/ )

EXTREME INNOVATION [Disney+ and Hulu Raise ...

2026-09-23T16:57:22Z

EXTREME INNOVATION

[Disney+ and Hulu Raise Prices,...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-plus-hulu-price-increases-september-2026-1236708364/ )

when Democrats were in charge of this broadband grant program ...

2026-09-23T14:14:30Z

when Democrats were in charge of this broadband grant program (BEAD), Ezra Klein and the "abundance" people had no shortage of complaints

now that Republicans are in charge and there's endless chaos, cronyism and delays, Klein hasn't made a single solitary peep

[Nearly one-third of electric c...](https://www.lightreading.com/broadband/nearly-one-third-of-electric-co-ops-have-declined-bead-awards-nreca?mc_cid=df6ad71d85&mc_eid=eb527a594e )

the future is going to look a lot like the past as in, endless ...

2026-09-21T19:49:52Z

the future is going to look a lot like the past

as in, endless gamesmanship as giant corporations attempt to ratfuck each other

[Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse AI a...](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-blocks-metas-muse-ai-assistant-in-new-standoff-over-agentic-shopping/ )

for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in ...

2026-09-21T16:22:50Z

for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:

[Done! Paramount Settles Antitr...](https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-settles-antitrust-suit-to-seal-warner-bros-deal-1237109223/ )

I think it would be nice if journalists could more clearly inform ...

2026-09-18T16:45:54Z

I think it would be nice if journalists could more clearly inform the public that there will be no useful AI regulation coming because Congress is too corrupt to function

We're still waiting for even basic internet privacy laws 30 years down the road

[The Leftist Split Over AI Doom](https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-surprising-leftist-split-over-ai-doom/ )

honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" ...

2026-09-18T13:30:04Z

honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:756gaaeewovgn4axja34ajne/post/3mvsaxdtekc2s

[UnitedHealth uses AI model wit...](https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/ )

quoting
note18t3…cnyg

There have always been humans who thought:

1) The world will end soon
2) It will happen in a cool, exciting way
3) It’ll happen to me personally
4) I’ll be a martyred prophet, or a warlord, or otherwise special
5) People who don’t see this are lesser

“Sexy apocalypse” is a great phrase for that

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CEO said a thing! Another CEO said a slightly different thing! ...

2026-09-16T14:27:28Z

CEO said a thing!

Another CEO said a slightly different thing!

[Sam Altman says people are rig...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/16/openais-altman-says-world-should-trust-ai-firms-amid-mounting-fears/ )

I like how neither the "leaked" study or the coverage ...

2026-09-14T18:11:20Z

I like how neither the "leaked" study or the coverage bothers to even entertain the real-world impact of what happens if Paramount's pre-merger promises are completely worthless and they wind up just firing a ton of people to pay off debt

(which to be clear is what ALWAYS happens with these deals)

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they're all just huffing the farts of their own madness the ...

2026-09-04T23:23:53Z

they're all just huffing the farts of their own madness

the next 12 months of US AI policy is going to be bipartisan xenophobic incoherence

[Former Obama Admin Official Sa...](https://futurism.com/science-energy/obama-admin-official-stokes-agi-china-data-centers-military-strikes )

nice quote from Mandami comms person Emilia Rowland to the New ...

2026-09-04T15:53:56Z

nice quote from Mandami comms person Emilia Rowland to the New York Times
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the extraction class (and the brunchlord trust fund editors they ...

2026-09-04T15:18:17Z

the extraction class (and the brunchlord trust fund editors they seed at outlets like The Atlantic) are positively desperate to redirect attention away from the popularity and real-world potential of progressive reform
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over at threads(TM) the Apple fanboys are taking my last two ...

2026-09-03T15:28:17Z

over at threads(TM) the Apple fanboys are taking my last two newsletter posts about Apple well

one sweetly suggesting I have a several overlapping mental illnesses because I suggested the tech press downplayed Tim Cook's support of authoritarians
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wrote about Tim Cook [Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy ...

2026-08-31T17:06:59Z

wrote about Tim Cook

[Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is...](https://karlbode.com/apple-ceo-tim-cooks-legacy-is-dull-products-and-spineless-capitulation/ )

again, it appears that authoritarians don't actually believe ...

2026-08-24T18:28:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…9apv
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again, it appears that authoritarians don't actually believe in antitrust reform? That it's some kind of performative ruse for a shitty and lazy press to present fascism as populist and useful? Who could have possibly predicted all of this across a decade of commentary and writing?
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So basically that weird meathead from the Sinclair Broadcasting ...

2026-08-24T18:21:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…sm9l
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So basically that weird meathead from the Sinclair Broadcasting "must run" segments helped collaborate the favor on behalf of the ticketmaster CEO
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gosh if only somebody had warned us last election season [Just A ...

2026-08-24T18:14:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…6fd2
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gosh if only somebody had warned us last election season

[Just A Reminder: Authoritarian...](https://www.techdirt.com/2024/07/18/just-a-reminder-authoritarians-dont-actually-support-antitrust-reform/ )

I can't believe that the historically corrupt authoritarian ...

2026-08-24T18:13:58Z

I can't believe that the historically corrupt authoritarian with the fourth-grade reading level wasn't serious about his populist love of antitrust reform

has somebody informed matt stoller?

[The Trump Intervention That Go...](https://www.wsj.com/business/media/trump-live-nation-antitrust-doj-f82b2c55 )

most tech outlets spent the week burying the lede that this was a ...

2026-07-31T02:22:50Z

most tech outlets spent the week burying the lede that this was a completely avoidable error (or intentional marketing decision) by a human being, and not a malevolent self aware cyber consciousness that slipped its leash

[OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Comes...](https://www.wired.com/story/openais-hacking-debacle-was-a-human-mistake/ )

a friend sent me the email by Economist Deputy Editor Robert ...

2026-07-23T19:46:33Z

a friend sent me the email by Economist Deputy Editor Robert Guest introducing their latest issue and it's such a feckless pile of oligarch-simping "CEO said a thing" pseudo-journalism it made my teeth hurt
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meanwhile... [Meet ‘Jimothy,’ Seattle’s ...

2026-07-17T01:58:36Z

meanwhile...

[Meet ‘Jimothy,’ Seattle’s inte...](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/meet-jimothy-seattles-internet-famous-raccoon/?fbclid=Iwb21leATGa4ljbGNrBMZrgWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHnlF6kiFK1hm4n5G5_BMmAcqRVTUV6qoBX4qZCw1rworU3stQwUoZZFw3yXL_aem_eUBpvFSYXBAwVjchn5qVyA )

I wrote about Naomi Klein joining Substack and why writers of ...

2026-07-15T17:12:12Z

I wrote about Naomi Klein joining Substack and why writers of conscience shouldn't launch new media ventures on platforms that court white supremacy for clicks.

[Why is Naomi Klein Funding Sub...](https://karlbode.com/why-is-naomi-klein-funding-substacks-hate-machine/ )

I have no idea why any reasonable person would believe anything ...

2026-07-13T19:11:52Z

I have no idea why any reasonable person would believe anything tech companies say about anything at this point, AI related or otherwise

hostile skepticism should be the public default

[The Lies They're Telling Towns...](https://karlbode.com/the-lies-theyre-telling-towns-and-tribes-about-the-benefits-of-ai-data-centers/ )

I've spent decades watching the GOP propose the most extreme ...

2026-07-02T16:24:55Z

I've spent decades watching the GOP propose the most extreme policies imaginable to force their opponents to settle on a "comprimise" that's 80% as bad

I want an opposition party that does that, but for good

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quoting
note1n4u…y4se

"everything on the table" appears to be the current way to indicate they're thinking about court expansion, which they are still afraid to say.

so, it's good presidential candidates all think they need to say this...but also we need them to say expansion.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mpljixoarr2u

so weird how Ezra Klein keeps amplifying and validating lazy ...

2026-06-30T18:34:32Z

so weird how Ezra Klein keeps amplifying and validating lazy propaganda by bad faith pieces of shit

sure is funny how right wing billionaires keep buying up media ...

2026-06-24T14:09:53Z

sure is funny how right wing billionaires keep buying up media outlets, converting them into right wing propaganda mills, and driving journalists into exile
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in case you missed it (because they hid it late Friday news dump) ...

2026-06-15T15:18:03Z

in case you missed it (because they hid it late Friday news dump) the DOJ approved the Paramount/Warner Brothers merger.

Their deep, robust analysis discovered that letting a Trump-allied Oligarch dominate media results in MORE competition.

so a huge relief in case you were worried
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I had some thoughts on the press coverage of the SpaceX IPO [The ...

2026-06-15T14:52:46Z

I had some thoughts on the press coverage of the SpaceX IPO

[The SpaceX IPO Is A Giant Unwo...](https://karlbode.com/the-spacex-ipo-is-a-giant-unworkable-con-orchestrated-by-an-overt-white-supremacist-huckster/ )

now that's a fucking Space X IPO headline [The world’s ...

2026-06-12T19:49:12Z

now that's a fucking Space X IPO headline

[The world’s first trillionaire...](https://www.theverge.com/tech/949259/the-worlds-first-trillionaire-is-a-killer )

the closest Reuters can get to acknowledging Musk is a racist far ...

2026-06-12T00:45:30Z

the closest Reuters can get to acknowledging Musk is a racist far right wing extremist propped up by fraud is a claim he engages in "increasingly partisan political interventions."

[SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the...](https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire-2026-06-11/ )

I remember being put in a room where I played Oregon Trail all ...

2026-06-11T18:39:38Z

I remember being put in a room where I played Oregon Trail all day

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you'd think the fact that the federal government is too ...

2026-06-10T20:22:19Z

you'd think the fact that the federal government is too corrupt to function in the public interest, and that all of our environmental, public safety, labor, and consumer rights regulators have been defanged would be a bigger story

this censorial dufus never stops now he's taking aim at the ...

2026-06-08T15:05:22Z

this censorial dufus never stops

now he's taking aim at the $3 billion FCC E-Rate program (which brings affordable broadband to schools and poor kids) under the pretense he's worried about kid "screen time"
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it's so adorable watching them sheepishly start to admit ...

2026-05-27T15:39:05Z

it's so adorable watching them sheepishly start to admit there's a disconnect between the huge outpouring of AI money and actual impact and profitability

[Uber burned through its entire...](https://fortune.com/2026/05/26/uber-coo-ai-spending-tokens-claude-code/ )

"Never hallucinate or make anything up." yes, you can ...

2026-05-05T14:16:49Z

"Never hallucinate or make anything up."

yes, you can just demand that the LLM not make errors

that's definitely how the technology works
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I'm utterly fascinated by the modern art of journalistic ...

2026-05-04T21:27:11Z

I'm utterly fascinated by the modern art of journalistic simulacrum

at no point do this piece's four authors consider wandering anywhere close to the idea of corruption, or that Trump says a lot of things that are utterly meaningless, or that our regulators no longer function in the public interest

[White House Considers Vetting ...](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/technology/trump-ai-models.html )

CEO said a....probably accurate thing! [Reed Hastings says AI ...

2026-04-30T21:28:53Z

CEO said a....probably accurate thing!

[Reed Hastings says AI will dri...](https://fortune.com/2026/04/27/reed-hastings-netflix-chairman-emotional-skills-ai-revolution/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRgqLNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFUWHdoT0RSTjkxQ0VhY3g1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmOFsUzSBRyZ42w6K6th_oDmAWWvNr4dgBMUmJNCT_iCnAD_8m3U-mm8EW7N_aem_Nmg8jcgvvkLLszSfM2qZlQ )

like Musk there was no split so there's no need to woo a dim ...

2026-04-20T17:01:46Z

like Musk there was no split so there's no need to woo a dim right wing d tier comic who has always liked and supported trump and the fascist project

[How Trump is wooing Joe Rogan ...](https://www.axios.com/2026/04/20/trump-woos-rogan-after-split )

So there's still no actual "Trump phone" or release ...

2026-04-14T13:38:16Z

So there's still no actual "Trump phone" or release date, all promises of this being "made in the U.S." are gone, and the device has already seen a steep price hike.

Also the phone, should it ever be released, appears to be a lazy rebrand of the two-year old HTC U24 Pro.

Very on brand.

[The new Trump Phone design is ...](https://www.theverge.com/tech/911503/trump-mobile-t1-phone-redesign-new-website )

ethical people should not be using right wing propaganda websites ...

2026-03-26T13:25:56Z

ethical people should not be using right wing propaganda websites owned by white supremacists
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the only thing remarkable about our tech billionaires is how ...

2026-03-16T16:26:54Z

the only thing remarkable about our tech billionaires is how unremarkable they are

just a parade of absolute pudding heads who accidently backed ass first into wealth because they were in the right place at the right time

mythologized by a shitty access press as sage philosophers and sociologists

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this is a radical position but I believe that if you are a person ...

2026-03-12T19:39:22Z

this is a radical position but I believe that if you are a person of integrity you should not be using far right wing propaganda websites owned by sociopaths

[Elon Musk's X Rots Your Brain](https://karlbode.com/data-shows-elon-musks-x-quickly-rots-your-brain/ )

If you respect yourself I greatly recommend simply not watching ...

2026-03-02T16:16:30Z

If you respect yourself I greatly recommend simply not watching any cable TV news for the foreseeable future. Or ever, really. You'd be better informed binging the muppet show.

I'm genuinely annoyed that this whole latest newscycle has ...

2026-02-19T15:28:21Z

I'm genuinely annoyed that this whole latest newscycle has forced me to remember to Mike Tracey is

(fun fact! he was one of the first people Subtack executives gave a big fat cash advance to in exchange for being a hateful contrarian engagement troll)

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/post/3mf7vjg3tzs2w

*raises hand because a consolidated ad-based corporate media ...

2026-02-13T16:18:03Z

*raises hand

because a consolidated ad-based corporate media primarily serves the interests of rich, white, right-wing men who like tax cuts and deregulation, despite ample outlet pretense of firewalls between editorial and ownership?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dbup7eyc4m3mgjxm57pojdvu/post/3meqvn2l7wk2p

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims ...

2026-02-11T17:15:47Z

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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Josh Hawley's entire thing is backing legislation he knows ...

2026-02-11T13:18:32Z

Josh Hawley's entire thing is backing legislation he knows our Congress is too corrupt to pass so he can pretend he's a populist anti-corporatist instead of a useless nazi

[Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawl...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elizabeth-warren-josh-hawley-break-up-big-medicine/ )

this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart 1. no you ...

2026-02-09T18:06:51Z

this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart

1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks

2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
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Watching Eric Berger (historically a Musk fanboy) struggle with ...

2026-02-09T15:30:58Z

Watching Eric Berger (historically a Musk fanboy) struggle with the revelation that Musk is a fake engineer conman white supremacist never loses its entertainment value

[Why would Elon Musk pivot from...](https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/02/has-elon-musk-given-up-on-mars/ )

somebody should inform the Politico/CNN/Axios/NYT brunchlord ...

2026-02-07T18:49:33Z

somebody should inform the Politico/CNN/Axios/NYT brunchlord media establishment that corruption has hollowed out public safety, labor rights, and consumer protection, opening the door to decades of mass suffering and death

I feel like that might be an interesting story

[Under Trump, EPA’s enforcement...](https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/under-trump-epas-enforcement-of-environmental-laws-collapses-report-finds/ )

news websites made a mistake when they killed on-site comment ...

2026-02-03T16:11:54Z

news websites made a mistake when they killed on-site comment sections and outsourced all audience interaction to hyper-scaled, badly-run trash fires like Facebook

[Whoops, Websites Realize That ...](https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/whoops-websites-realize-that-killing-their-comment-sections-was-a-mistake/ )

as Trump's power wanes we're just going to be awash in ...

2026-01-26T15:35:07Z

as Trump's power wanes we're just going to be awash in bigot fuck image rehab tours

[Ye, Formerly Kanye West, Takes...](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/kanye-west-antisemitism-apology-wsj-ad )

Republicans have made a documented effort to mislead these ...

2026-01-20T11:13:45Z

Republicans have made a documented effort to mislead these communities with well funded, highly localized Spanish language propaganda campaigns in recent years, which, as is usually the case when mainstream reporters try to tease out a segment of the electorate's thinking, simply isn't mentioned

[To Their Shock, Cubans in Flor...](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/politics/cubans-florida-deportations-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F1A.8D6A.5CkALLy21VK9&smid=url-share )

Nostr event nevent1qqsqv6pah5ztku2xvtl475hdhnf2t5mlutn607n33s07xkf69e362dgzyqt2jgxgcp656anrw2qra3kmvq6ec6faxewtpyjsawaxz9y4n3dag4kplxl

2026-01-18T03:55:29Z

I enjoy these games that don't involve cardiac arrest

"I frankly wouldn’t pay any attention to anything that Elon ...

2026-01-16T14:25:14Z

"I frankly wouldn’t pay any attention to anything that Elon Musk puts on that cesspit of his called X. He was the guy who advocated getting Donald Trump elected," says Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary. "He's an idiot. Very wealthy, but he's still an idiot."

[Elon Musk is an idiot: CEO of ...](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/elon-musk-is-an-idiot-ceo-of-europes-biggest-airline-says-after-dismissing-claims-of-offering-starlink-on-its-flights/articleshow/126568344.cms )

so basically our rich oligarchs launched a racist propaganda ...

2026-01-02T15:18:18Z

so basically our rich oligarchs launched a racist propaganda media campaign to demonize taxpayer-funded childcare, our garbage oligarch press parroted the attack, and now they're going to steal that money to put into their assorted cryptocurrency grifts

[‘Scorched-Earth Attack’: Trump...](https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-freezes-childcare-funds )

tell me if you've heard this one before: a billionaire gets ...

2025-12-29T19:45:13Z

tell me if you've heard this one before: a billionaire gets upset for being criticized for saying stupid things on social media, then confidentially concludes the problem is most certainly everybody else

[Mark Cuban Says It’s ‘CRAZY’ T...](https://offthefrontpage.com/mark-cuban-says-its-crazy-that-real-conversations-are-easier-on-x-or-threads-than-on-bluesky/ )

The Associated Press has an excellent story about how FCC boss ...

2025-12-22T15:08:02Z

The Associated Press has an excellent story about how FCC boss Brendan Carr bullied a Bay Area AM radio station for the crime of reporting on local ICE activity.

facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:

[How an AM radio station in Cal...](https://apnews.com/article/trump-media-fcc-kcbs-5dbed5c466771d53e2c7bcc5da362bf6 )

It's glowing stories like this that make me feel like I'm ...

2025-12-20T15:45:17Z

It's glowing stories like this that make me feel like I'm living in some surrealistic hellworld

an entire story where the author (a minority woman!) can't be bothered to even lightly hint at the sexist and racist disinformation focus of this "movement"

[Young conservative women find ...](https://apnews.com/article/turning-point-kirk-conservative-women-ae22c4cd81c58bdf666849bc84e74f3a )

I love this guy's speedrunning effort to become the biggest ...

2025-12-18T15:31:24Z

I love this guy's speedrunning effort to become the biggest dipshit in the league

go hawks

[Puka Nacua stands firm that co...](https://www.reddit.com/r/NFLv2/comments/1ppk5up/puka_nacua_stands_firm_that_concussions_are_not/ )

In 2014 during the net neutrality wars, Obama voiced his support ...

2025-12-18T12:51:03Z

In 2014 during the net neutrality wars, Obama voiced his support for net neutrality. Republicans REPEATEDLY, for YEARS, (falsely) claimed this was an illegal, unethical affront to FCC independence.

11 years later they now insist the FCC has no independence and serves at the whims of our mad king:

[FCC chief Brendan Carr tells S...](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/17/fcc-carr-senate-jimmy-kimmel-kirk.html )

Verizon's lobbying the Trump FCC to eliminate phone unlocking ...

2025-12-15T14:53:58Z

Verizon's lobbying the Trump FCC to eliminate phone unlocking rules in a bid to make it harder and more expensive to switch wireless carriers.

This guy fought back in small claims court, and won. Refused a Verizon settlement so he could talk about it openly. Not all heroes wear capes, etc.

[Verizon refused to unlock man’...](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/verizon-refused-to-unlock-mans-iphone-so-he-sued-the-carrier-and-won/ )

Between this and previous rulings, U.S. corporations have ...

2025-12-10T13:59:06Z

Between this and previous rulings, U.S. corporations have effectively put a bullet in the head of labor protections, consumer protection, public safety, environmental law, and corporate oversight

I wish journalists would go a bit lighter on the legalese and a bit heavier on the real-world impact

[Supreme Court appears likely t...](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/supreme-court-appears-likely-to-approve-trumps-firing-of-ftc-democrat/ )

Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in ...

2025-12-08T15:44:22Z

Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."

fancy that

[Jared Kushner is part of Param...](https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/jared-kushner-paramount-warner-bros-netflix )

these are all terrible options, and if we lived in a functioning ...

2025-12-03T21:03:59Z

these are all terrible options, and if we lived in a functioning democracy with working regulators we'd think nothing of putting a blanket end to pointless media consolidation

these deals are always terrible for product quality, consumers, art and labor, but this is always downplayed in coverage.

[Paramount throws in more cash ...](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-12-02/paramount-warner-bid-saudi-money-comcast-wants-to-combine-with-nbcu )

if you still use twitter you support white supremacy ...

2025-12-03T14:49:55Z

if you still use twitter you support white supremacy
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data ...

2025-11-24T14:42:36Z

DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xtg6uhgsy2j7k2a6qtcood2w/post/3m6ezb4azl22b

quoting
note1cny…0exk

hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires

[Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/musks-doge-quietly-killed-off-after-delivering-almost-nothing/ )

hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of ...

2025-11-24T14:16:11Z

hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires

[Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/musks-doge-quietly-killed-off-after-delivering-almost-nothing/ )

The Trump administration's cybersecurity policies are ...

2025-11-07T15:05:01Z

The Trump administration's cybersecurity policies are indistinguishable from a foreign attack.

In many ways they're worse, given they're wrapped in layers of phony operational efficiency.

[Trump Cybersecurity Policy Is ...](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/07/trump-cybersecurity-policy-is-indistinguishable-from-a-foreign-attack/ )

never fails RE: ...

2025-11-04T17:00:05Z

never fails

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ozma3timm5c32fa7bimb4zaj/post/3m4svthwlls2t
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It's cool that the owner of ...

2025-10-31T16:32:05Z

It's cool that the owner of [DSLReports.com](https://DSLReports.com ) (where I first got my start as a reporter covering tech and telecom 25 years ago) just got bored, gave up, and let the site collapse and decay, with zero regard for years of archived writing or a close community that had developed over decades

[DSLReports Home : Broadband IS...](https://DSLReports.com )

it's curious how our consolidated corporate media and ...

2025-10-29T11:59:52Z

it's curious how our consolidated corporate media and brunchlord pundit class' only consistent solution for Democrats' problems is to be more right wing

funny how that works

U.S. journalism and punditry completely ignores the fact that the ...

2025-10-29T11:00:28Z

U.S. journalism and punditry completely ignores the fact that the U.S. electorate belief system --including their belief of what Democrats stand for -- is shaped predominately by a massive right wing propaganda network across AM radio, broadcast TV, cable news, and the internet.

[Left-wing ideas have wrecked D...](https://www.semafor.com/article/10/27/2025/democrats-urged-to-jettison-progressive-rhetoric-favored-by-highly-educated-and-affluent )

It literally took decades of advocacy to pass these reforms, ...

2025-10-29T01:23:33Z

It literally took decades of advocacy to pass these reforms, which would have prevented prison phone and teleconferencing companies from ripping off inmates and their families to the tune of hundreds of millions annually

[F.C.C. Changes Course on the P...](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/upshot/prisoners-phone-calls-prices.html )

I "enjoy" this disconnect between tech titans claiming ...

2025-10-28T13:29:45Z

I "enjoy" this disconnect between tech titans claiming that AI will have us all eating pastries and working two days a week and the reality of firing people en masse while simultaneously supporting fascists who oppose universal basic income and are actively destroying the social safety net
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very exciting [Bari Weiss Gets To Work ...

2025-10-21T13:29:48Z

very exciting

[Bari Weiss Gets To Work ‘Fixin...](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/21/bari-weiss-gets-to-work-fixing-cbs-bias-by-making-it-more-biased/ )

Musk exploited the AWS outage to unfairly slam Signal and promote ...

2025-10-21T12:55:59Z

Musk exploited the AWS outage to unfairly slam Signal and promote his own, shittier alternative

and of course the badly automated clickbait aggregation machine that is modern "journalism" got right to work helping him seed doubt about a popular encrypted communications app
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The FCC is weakening rules making it easier for broadband ...

2025-10-10T14:08:04Z

The FCC is weakening rules making it easier for broadband monopolies to rip you off with bogus fees.

which is definitely something Trump's base was asking for!

[Trump FCC Is Making It Easier ...](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/10/trump-fcc-is-making-it-easier-for-your-broadband-isp-to-rip-you-off-with-bogus-fees/ )

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension ...

2025-10-08T13:44:01Z

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
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The U.S. press isn't capable of admitting this clearly, but ...

2025-10-07T15:16:23Z

The U.S. press isn't capable of admitting this clearly, but Bari Weiss was hired to turn CBS into a right wing propaganda machine and troll operation

[Paramount Formally Hires Bari ...](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/07/paramount-formally-hires-bari-weiss-to-turn-whats-left-of-cbs-news-into-a-soggy-right-wing-propaganda-and-troll-farm/ )

bluesky desperately needs a competent comms team having random ...

2025-10-07T13:52:48Z

bluesky desperately needs a competent comms team

having random devs fling off the cuff retorts at pissed off trans folk ain't it

start telling your friends and family now that CBS is no longer ...

2025-10-02T22:46:06Z

start telling your friends and family now that CBS is no longer reliable, because I'm still explaining how Newsweek was hollowed out by Republican ghouls and that deal was like a decade ago

ABC's doomed capitulation on Jimmy Kimmel was because they ...

2025-10-02T14:23:20Z

ABC's doomed capitulation on Jimmy Kimmel was because they want the Trump administration to destroy this country's last remaining restrictions on harmful media consolidation:

[ABC/Disney Gets Rewarded For K...](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/02/abc-disney-gets-rewarded-for-kissing-trumps-ass-fcc-moves-to-eliminate-any-remaining-media-consolidation-limits/ )

Superior, Wisconsin is the latest city to build its own ...

2025-10-02T13:58:07Z

Superior, Wisconsin is the latest city to build its own affordable open access fiber broadband network, thanks heavily to broadband grants included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)

[City of Superior brings a broa...](https://www.wpr.org/news/superior-broadband-success-connectsuperior-northern-wisconsin )

Trump's FCC yesterday voted to kill a program that provided ...

2025-10-01T13:30:57Z

Trump's FCC yesterday voted to kill a program that provided free Wi-Fi to rural school kids at no cost to taxpayers, falsely claiming the program was "illegal" and was being used to "censor Conservative ideology."

[FCC moves to end discounts for...](https://apnews.com/article/fcc-wifi-hotspots-schools-library-bus-rural-c8ecb6e0c60b6a686361f4a96d7b7be4 )

They're not even going to pretend to be subtle about turning ...

2025-09-26T17:51:50Z

They're not even going to pretend to be subtle about turning TikTok into a 24/7 MAGA propaganda machine

[Trump says TikTok should be tw...](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/trump-says-tiktok-should-be-tweaked-to-become-100-maga/?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=social )